Alumni Fund

Receipts from the 1935 Alumni Fund campaign prevented a College deficit o£ $61,954.03 for the fiscal year 1934-35 and provided $19,008.39 toward the reconstruction of Dartmouth Hall, the final Fund report discloses. Contributions to the 1935 Fund totaled $82,454.69, an increase of $9433-13 or !3 per cent over the amount of the previous year, while the number of contributors, 6,830, was the largest in the history of the Fund and represents a gain of 1,541 or 29 per cent over last year. The previous high total for number of contributors was 5,683 in 1929.

Income from memorial funds brought the total 1935 receipts up to $84,957.19. After the deduction of campaign expenses and the addition of income from the Tucker Loan Fund and the permanent General Fund, $80,962.42 was turned over to the College for current operating expenses. The Alumni Council decided that after the 1934-35 deficit had been erased, the entire remainder of the Fund should be applied toward the rebuilding of Dartmouth Hall, which was gutted by fire last spring.

YOUNG CLASSES GAIN

A feature of the 1935 Fund campaign was the extent to which the large young classes came to the fore, nine of the sixteen youngest classes finishing among the leading 25 in percentage of contributors. The presence of 1928 in eighth place with a record of 90 per cent of contributors marks the first time that a class of more than 400 members has gained a place so far up on the Fund report, the nearest approximation being 1930's twelfth-place showing last year. Osmun Skinner, the 1928 class agent, brought in 373 contributors for a new record.

The Class of 1879 again occupies first place in the Fund report, with second and third honors going to 1901 and 1904, both of whom are listed among the 100 per cent group for the first time. The Classes of 1898 and 1887 also achieved perfect records, bringing the number of 100 per cent classes up to five in comparison with three last year. Rounding out the first ten are 1884 and 1900, who were in this group last year, and 1928, 1919, 1920 and 1925, all newcomers to the select circle. The Classes of 1920 and 1925 finished in a tie for tenth place.

Figures on the increase in percentage of contributors over last year show that 1928 led in this respect with a gain from 49% to 90% The Class of 1925, under Horton Conrad, advanced from 44% to 81%, while 1917, under Houghton Carr, and 1927, under Harry Cummings, both made gains of 30%. Other notable gains were made by 1876, 1918, 1919, 1922, and 1906.

An Etching from, the New Dartmouth Album by Louis Orr Dartmouth College Publications announces for sale a second set of Orr Etchings. The first album was over-subscribed when issued in 1928. Another of the ten plates in this second series of Dartmouth views is shown on the cover of this issue of the MAGAZINE.